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LEWIS v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

No. 5-91-0176.

600 N.E.2d 504 (1992)

234 Ill. App.3d 669

175 Ill.Dec. 573

Thomas LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Matsushita Electric Corporation, d/b/a Panasonic, and TLI, Inc., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Reagan, Kassly, Bone, Becker, Dix, Reagan & Young, P.C., Belleville (John Long, Troy, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Thomas Lewis.

Paul M. Brown, Bruce D. Ryder, Kathy A. Wisniewski, and Robert T. Mills, Coburn, Croft & Putzell, St. Louis, Mo., for third-party plaintiff-appellant Illinois Cent R. Co.

John L. McMullin, Brown & James, P.C., St. Louis, Mo., Illinois Office, Belleville, for Transp. Labor, Inc.

William S. Daniel, Daniel Law Offices, P.C., Collinsville, for third-party defendant-appellee Matsushita Elec. Corp. d/b/a Panasonic.

Shaun McParland Baldwin, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Ass'n of Defense.

Kevin J. Conway, Cooney and Conway, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Thomas Lewis brought an action in the circuit court of St. Clair County based on the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. (West 1986)) and common law premises liability to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained while working for the Illinois Central Railroad (the Railroad). The Railroad, in turn, filed third-party actions for contribution against Matsushita Electric...

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